Rapier Blade · max level 10

How the Rapier plays, where it wins and where it loses, read from its stats, traits and moveset.

The weapon's trait and the in-game description, then how its damage compares with the other Blades.

Trait: Fast

• Can destroy Nephtoglobin Weak Points.
• Focused on Parrying.

Damage against the other Blades

Saber

20 → 60

Rapier

25 → 45this weapon

Claymore

50 → 100

Damage at level 1 → max level, before attack multipliers.

Every stat the game stores for each weapon level, the materials that level costs, and the running total from level 1.

Damage is the weapon's base per hit; each attack multiplies it (see the moveset).

Everything needed to go from level 1 to 10: 16 materials, 45,000 Catalysts if you buy every one a merchant sells.

• Crude Blade Material×6
• Pure Blade Material×6
• Distilled Blade Material×3
• Quintessential Blade Material×1

Materials to max the Rapier

Item	Tier	Amount	Price	Subtotal (Catalysts)
Crude Blade Material	Tier 1	6	1,500	9,000
Pure Blade Material	Tier 2	6	3,000	18,000
Distilled Blade Material	Tier 3	3	6,000	18,000
Quintessential Blade Material	Tier 4	1	Not sold	—
Total		16		45,000

Calculated from the level table × the cheapest merchant price. No merchant sells 1× Quintessential Blade Material: those come only from the world, so the Catalyst total covers the rest.

How the damage values rise from level 1 to 10 (+80% overall).

Hover a level for its values; the same numbers are in the level table above.

5 traits unlock as the weapon levels up. Where two traits share a slot you choose one of them: Astute Quarta / Invigorating Seconda.

1. Weapon lv 2
   Remise

   Consecutive Parries increase the damage of the next Heavy Attack. The duration of this effect can be prolonged by Attacking enemies.

   • Parries to fill 5
   • Duration 10 s
   • Damage multiplier ×3
2. Weapon lv 5
   Lunge

   Decreases the Endurance cost of Dodging when performing Heavy Attacks.

   • Window 1 s
   • Dodge cost multiplier ×0.5
3. Weapon lv 8
   Pick one

   Astute Quarta

   Restores Nephtoglobin on a successful Parry.

   • Nephtoglobin restored 20

   or

   Invigorating Seconda

   Restores Endurance on a successful Parry.

   • Endurance 40
4. Weapon lv 10
   Vigorous Terza

   Restores Health on a successful Parry.

   • Health restored 7

Traits unlock at the weapon level shown. Parameters are the game's own values (seconds, metres, multipliers); [Reload] / [Attack] are your key bindings.

Every attack in its combo chains and special attacks: the game's damage and posture multipliers, stamina cost and timings, plus the resulting damage at level 1 and 10.

• Attack range: 3 m
• Charge time: 2 s
• Perfect-parry posture damage: 150
• Backstab range: 2 m
• Critical attack range: 3 m
• Defence: Parry only (cannot block)

Special attacks

Attack handling

Knockback, lunge distance, recovery time and the flask field per attack; only the fields this weapon actually uses are shown.

Raw game values: knockback is an engine force (compare it between attacks only), lunge is how far the attack carries you, recovery is the overswing time after the hit, and Last Flask restore is the attack's LastFlaskRestorePercent field (the game text does not describe its effect).

"Damage at lv" = the weapon's damage at that level × the attack's multiplier (calculated). Ambers, coatings and upgrades are not included.

The Rapier is acquired in a story scene in Abandoned Church; the nearest Lantern is Church, about 84 m away.

• Location: Abandoned Church · acquired in a story scene
• Nearest Lantern: Church · about 84 m away (straight line, calculated)
• Show the spot on the map

Basic hits needed to bring down each boss at weapon levels 1 / 5 / 10. It takes 72 to beat General Lothaire at level 1 and 112 for Entity at level 10.

Hits to kill every boss with the Rapier

Boss	Health	Weapon level 1	Weapon level 5	Weapon level 10
General Lothaire	1,800	72 · 25 per hit	52 · 35 per hit	40 · 45 per hit
The Iron Marshall	2,400	96 · 25 per hit	69 · 35 per hit	54 · 45 per hit
Sphinx	2,000	80 · 25 per hit	58 · 35 per hit	45 · 45 per hit
Slaughtermill	3,250	130 · 25 per hit	93 · 35 per hit	73 · 45 per hit
Anna	2,200	88 · 25 per hit	63 · 35 per hit	49 · 45 per hit
High Justicar Aurelius	1,500	60 · 25 per hit	43 · 35 per hit	34 · 45 per hit
Experiment 83	3,400	136 · 25 per hit	98 · 35 per hit	76 · 45 per hit
The Orphan	4,000	160 · 25 per hit	115 · 35 per hit	89 · 45 per hit
Captain Raphael	4,000	160 · 25 per hit	115 · 35 per hit	89 · 45 per hit
Entity	5,000	200 · 25 per hit	143 · 35 per hit	112 · 45 per hit

Calculated: weapon damage × the first light attack's multiplier (firearms: one shot) × (1 − the boss's resistance). Upgrades, Ambers, coatings, the stat board and phase changes are not included.

Cosmetic variants the game defines for this weapon: Grandiose Rapier.

• Grandiose Rapier

Grandiose skins are part of the game's premium cosmetic content; they change the look, not the stats.

Compare the Rapier

Side-by-side comparisons with similar weapons, or pick any two in the comparison tool.

• Saber vs Rapier
• Rapier vs Claymore

Open the weapon comparison tool with the Rapier

Data: Steam build 25907482 (1.0 launch). How we source this